First Field Test of an Innovative, Wider Tape to Measure Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Young Laotian Children

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 28-38

  Hess, Sonja Y ^a   Hinnouho, Guy Marino ^a   Barffour, Maxwell A ^a   Bounheuang, Bangone ^b   Arnold, Charles D ^a   Bell, David ^c   Marts, Tola H ^c   Kounnavong, Sengchanh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Institute of Public Health   (Laos)

^c Global Good Fund and Intellectual Ventures Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Lao PDR; mid upper arm circumference; MUAC; young children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HEALTH RISK; INNOVATION; PRECISION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAOTIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

LAOS;

LAOTIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85042331131     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572117742502     Document Type: Article

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